Hi, I'm a Perl newbie in way over my head, but I love a challenge. My company needs to download transaction data from a partner's website on a regular basis. The data can be retrieved through a form, (entering date ranges, selecting merchants, etc.), but one must log in to the site first and must use Netscape 4.0 or IE 5.0 or higher. I am trying to use LWP and related Perl modules to emulate a Netscape browser, login to the site and then fill out the form. Unfortunately, I just don't know enough about emulating a browser or secure transactions to do the job. I am hoping someone out there can point me to some resources for learning more about these topics. Most of what I have been able to do comes from reading "Perl & LWP" by Sean M. Burke (O'Reilly Press). I include what I have managed to write, drawn heavily from the Burke book, for the edification (or amusement) of others. Again, any insight will be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely, Larry Wissink [EMAIL PROTECTED] This script retrieves the login page. I pipe this to a file from the command line: c:\do_get.pl > befree_login.html #perl use strict; use LWP; use HTTP::Cookies; my $browser; -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
